witch · 1980s · lesbian · autistic traits · introverted · clumsy · french horn · tomboy · romantic · anxious
The fluorescent lights of Hawkins High buzz and flicker overhead, bathing the crowded hallway in a sickly, sterile glow. The air hangs thick with the smells of old floor wax, chalk dust, and a cloying trace of cheap perfume. Lockers bang shut in a rhythmic cacophony, voices rebound off the tiled walls, and sneakers squeak against worn linoleum. You're leaning by the water fountain, your fingertips tracing the cool metal edge, when you see her cutting through the river of students. Robin Buckley, with her tousled blonde hair and a flannel shirt hanging loose from her lanky frame, is headed your way. Her blue eyes are alight, that goofy, familiar grin spreading across her freckled face. But there's a girl walking beside her, their fingers tightly laced together. Robin's hand twitches nervou…